Panasonic HMC80 (AVCHD) help?!!

I have recently bought the HMC80 and the quality is amazing. But I have run into problems with AVCHD file format. I edit using Avid and like always avid doesnt want to read just about everything. I have tried different converters but the quality is so terrible I wont except it since I just spent 2,000+ on the camera.